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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-12-29
MINNESOTA.

The last rail was laid the other day on the
Minneapolis Slult Ste Marie & Atlantic
railway, thus forming a continuous line
from Minneapolis to Sault Ste Marie, Mich.
a train on the st Paul Duluth road was
der iled the other evening below Mahtowa,
the engine, b; ggage-c II and one coach GO
ing down a twenty-four foot embankment
Engineer Thomas, of St Paul, was killed
and seven others were hurt
at the annual meeting in st Paul Of the
Minnesota Association of Trotting and Pac-
ing Horse Owners Commodore y. W. Kit
son, Of S.. Paul, was elecled president
A number Of ladies at Faribault have in
corpOrated and will build a home to be
known as the Minnesota Home for Aged
and Infirm Women"
The thirtieth anniversary of the Lake
City First Baptist Church was celebrated
recently. The roll call was responded 20 by
only three original members
Collector OF Customs Moore recently gave
out tabuIated report of the seasons lake
business at Duluth. The arrivals OF vessels
were l. 234 and clearances ,23S, the total
tonnage be ng :, $50, 763 tons. Coal receipts
for The ar were l. O4l. 900 tons; ore ship
ments 800, 467 tons; lumber shipments.
:. 900 600 feet, and grain shipments, 20
OO7 ,965 bushels
Part Of the keel of the first ship ever built
at Duluth was laid the other d y She ii
lie $50 feet long built entirely of steel aud
cigar-shaped. with turtle-back decks She
Is expected 20 combine speed, safety and
great carrying capacity The boat will be
launched about next July
William Lee. who has been appointed
postmaster at St Paul, is one of the Oldest
wholesale merchants in Minnesota, but has
been living a ret red life for some years
Cornelius Higgins left ear was bitten off
by George Burk at Duluth during little
unp. easantnesS recently.
few nights ago the switohmen in the
Winona & st Peter wards at Winona ruck
because a tn I'd switch-engine had been
placed in The yard to dispatch the work
Their places were promptly filed, and the
men now acknowledge that they made g
mistake
Ewald & Havert, dealers in boots and
shoes at Winona, failed Gently.
Sheriff A. J. Blazier and his assistant
while arresting Andrew Holm, del, near
Ada, few days ego on a requisition from
Dakota for forgery, were attacked by the
father, three brothers and three women,
and barely escaped with their lives The
prisoner escaped
The St Paul ice carnival will open Janu-
airy 90 and close February 1.
Captain H. G. Shea, Of the Emmett light
artillery, left St Paul recently, and the
officials of the ate militia have discovered
that near Y all the vouchers for money ex-
pended for the command are false
Recent reports received at Minneapolis
indicated that the wheat crop in the North
west would exceed the estimates IL was
now calculated that the total product Of
Minnesota and Dakota would be about 95,-
O0C, 600 bushels
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found that such treatment was only 2
Temporary remedy. for after partially
healing tho cut would re1pen Mt the
slightest exertion of the lips Tho
mere act of biting any thing hard,
laughing or yawning would make the
unfortunate howl with pain. II the
patient was addicted to the use of to-
bacc0 the chances wore that he would
have bad lip all through the winter.
In my researches for permanent cure
ran across an old tramp printer who
had rubbed against the rough side OF
.he world all his life. and for whom
every season hail been cold day.
He told me that if l investig ated the
matter l would find that the people
addicted to ehapped lips were in the
habit of touching thclE with their
tongues A sure cure. said he. is TO
keep your tongue in your mouth i
have since followed his suggestion in
my practice. and never know it fail
The rough skin of the tongue scratches
the lips. and when they have once be-
come chapped the least contact is
enough 20 keep the cut open.
Il have recently been making a
study of wrinkles" continued the
doctor. at is customary TO say that
wrinkles come from worrying. but the
truth is that most of them come from
laughing. This is rather paradoxical.
must admit. but | have been only
convinced after the most careful in
VI stigatiOn. To know how 10 laugh is
Just rs important rs a know when 10
do IT, If you laugh with the sides of
your face the skin will work loose in
time. and wrinkles will form in exact
accordance with what kind Of a lau gh
| YOU have. The man who alwvas wears
a smirk will haze series of somi-
circular wrinkles covering his cheeks
When a gambler, who has been &C
customed to suppressing his feelings.
laughs. a deep line forms on each side
If his nose and runs to the upper COR
ner of his mouth. In time. this line
| extends to the chin and assumes the
shape of a half-mooI. A cadaverous
person. with a wax-like skin. is very
apt to have two broadly-marked
wrinkles one running up from the
| jaw and the other under the eve.
These meet At right angles ut the
cheek-b bone. and look as though they
/ ( rmed n knot at the apex. Tho
| scholars wrinkles form on his brow.
while the scheming politicians como
around his eyes. where they look for
all the world like the spokes of
wheel. Some Of the fat women who
| bet on horses have the most a onish-
ing crop Of wrinkles l ever saw out
side of an elephant. Ole in particular
was 50 strongly marked that whenever
she smiled over big win the wrinkles
in each cheek would form themselves
into the shape of n perfect pretzel."
N J. EUeniHq SIN
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NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
Happenings in the Northwestern
States and Territories.

ILLINOIS.
Two veins of camel coal have been found
near DAnville. The Lrst is two feet thick
and the second five
IL IL Hills. wealthy resident Of Bloom
IL gdale, was Knocked from Ia wiz d-lrill the
OF Ter day and killed
Charles Hundley, a travelling man resid-
ing at MurphysbOro, returned home unex-
pectediy the other night 20 ind one Weller
IN the company of his wife Weller was
shot four times, dying instantly.
The golden wedding of BIr. and Mrs Ira
Munson was celebrated at their home near
Bloomington few days ago
NJ IS Lizzie Ely, age nineteen years, who
lived with her parents near Freeport, and
who became insane ON ac cunt of a quarrel
with her lover, cut her throat with piece
OF 81 IS few days ago, 'icting fatal
wound.
The extensive plant of the United States
Rolling Sock Company will be removed
from Urbana, o., to Decatur
Edward Forsman confessed in oIen count
Mt Newton a few days ago to being am ac-
cessory before the fact OF the murder OF
George Bowers. and was sentenced to tour
teen years in the penitenuary.
Hundreds of cattle are being d ehorned in
the vicinity of Pekn among the farmers
Those that were dehorned some weeks age
were doing we'll
The State Board OF Agriculture is receiv-
ing reports OF a most discouraging nature
with regard o the crop prospects for next
year. The winter wheat crop is of a very
poor quality, and the yield VIII be small
Cattle are being shipped out OF the S ate as
rap dly as possible, because the price OF
corn is too high to feed with profit
Jane McMullin, living ten miles south OF
Paris, hung herself the other morning be.
cause young man to whom she was en-.
gagged Left for Missouri without seeing her
Richard Tinker was killed by the acct
dental discharge Of his gun while hunting
near Daca ur recently.
William Bonner, justice of the peace IN
hurphysboro, lately brought libel sui
against muel Darlington, his son -in-l law
de tried the case himself, &C ing as Judge
lawyer, witness and jury, and gave himself
verdict of 900
New York pitalists are at work in Chi
ego endcavOuring 10 secure right of way
for system of elevated railways. The syn.
dictate is said to have $4,000, 900 at ia
command
Mr.. John Cunningham and wife celebrated
their golden wedding at their residence in
Salem a few evenings ago
Ulysses Pemberton, aged tweni y-ont
years. shot and killed bis father the othel
morning at the homes cad near Gallatia
Saline County, on account of trivial guar
rel
W P rkinson's large stock-barn in Viii
low, 10 Daviess County, burned the othel
n ght together with sixty tons of hay, fv,
hundred bushels Of corn ana six head Of
cattle.
Three of the best-executed counterfeit
CONS in crcul stion in Chicago for some
! years were turned into the sub-treasury thC
other y. They are standard dollars o.
the issue OF 1884, and in size, app, arancl
and we ght are perfect
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WISCONSIN.

State Game Warden Wentworth says that
during the last year the State Deputy
Wardens have caused l75 arrests. and IN
neary every instance conviction and fines
have resulted
Herman Hochkoch, Finlander, was muir
dered at the Yenk Hotel in Milwaukee early
the other morning He was a railway la
borer and arrived only the previous day,
having nut 800 Robbery was supposed
TO have been the motive of the crime
A resolution to levy tax of s., 200 in
Manitowoc County for the support of indi-
gent soldiers and their famil es was defeat
ed by a tie vote, twelve being in favor and
twelve opposed
Louls Laubenstein. aged tifty-seven years.
a well-known merchant of Hartford. was
found dead in his bed the other morning.
The eondit on of his body was such as TO
warrant the belief that he committed sui
eide by swallowing strychnine.
The State Grange met in annual session
at Madison recently Worthy Master Carr
in his annual address urged petitioning
Congress to pass laws for Government con-
trol of tel graph, election of postmsters
by the people concerned, making sufficient
appropriations to stamp out dis Eases among
stock. and for reduced post age on seeds and
plants from sixteen to eight cents Mr.
CarT was reelected Master.
The burial Of an unknown man in the
potter's field at Mi waukee recently made
SIX unknown dead who had been buried
there dur ng the last year.
Anlrew S menfnk, baker of Eau Claire,
received fatal injuries recently by Icing
thrown from a delivery wagon
Governor Rusk has appointed Howard j..
Huntington county judge of Brown County.
vice Morgan L Martin, deceased The term
ends in January, 1890
G. l. Slater and J. j. Reese and their
families, who left Balolt September IL last
for Jacksonville, Fla, arrived there the
other day, having traversed the entire dis
tance-a ghteen hundred nliles-in their
wagons
The Chippewa Lumber Company, of Eau
Claire, recently purchased from the Culver
Lumber Company. of Kansas City, No, two
million feet or standard pine lumber located
on the Upper Chippew.L The considera ion
was So. 600
Deeds were filed at Ashland few DAYS
ago conveying the following iron-mining
prop rty to John H. Rice. of New York:
Kakagon. $3.50. 900; Nimikon, S4S0.OOO:
Moore. 500 600; Bourne. $500 600;
Bessemer. $3.50. 900. Although the nom
nal transfer Is made to Mr. r ce, it ia
known that it is for the Superior Iron Com
panv.
A verdict Of murder was rendered the
other day agains William Sass for killing
William Martin al Hartford year sso
Georre SmithsnsOn. OF North PTa RE
Yaukesha Coun V, while wheeling s1ck OF
Honr a few days ago s. PIP d and fell 6acs-
ward. striking his head, and was instantly
killed by the shock.
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ViRGINlA,s CAPITOL.
The Oldest and Most Famous state Hous
In the Union.

The Oldest and Most Famous State House
In the Union.
The S ate capitol at Richmond. Va.
is the oldest building of the kind in
America i'll used for its original pur-
pose II was built under the personal
supervision of Thomas jefferson. and
is one of the historic buildings of the
country. It stands upon command
ing hill AMI is surrounded by beau
tiful grove. with well-kept walks, beau
tiful with siatuary and monuments.
Facing the capitol Is the Governor
mansion. To the right of the cap d
is. doubtless. the most magnificent and
costly group of statuary in the Union
Surmoupting huge star-shaped ped
cstal of Virginia's granite is Thomas
Crawford's famous equestrian statue
of WashingtOn; and around il on
each of the five points of the star
are eff gies of the Old Dominion's
most celebrated ante belIum soldiers
and statesmen. There are Patrick
Henry, the orator. Virginia's first
Governor; Thomas jefferson; G. vernon
Thomas Nelson, who fired upon his
own residence at tho bombardment
Of Yorktown; Andrew Lewis. the n
dian fighter, AMI John Marshall long
Chief Justice Of the L lited States. In
side the b Hiding we find m IRE pieces
Of staiuarv-thc most celebrated of
which is Houdon's W shington-''a
fac simile, Lafayette pronounced it.
l. g IL, s.,l-
years b fore the Presidents death and
the statue cast in Paris. There Is also
Il marble statue of Henry CLAW. pre-
scniei to V rginia by the ladies of
Kentucky. his adopted State. It will
be remembered that his birthplace.
''The Slashes" is only about eight
miles from Richmond. b sides the
statues in the roiunda Of the building,
there are many valuable paintings OF
colon ial and revolu ionary celebrities.
as we'll rs those Of later times. The
majority Of the paintings are the
originals. and In many instances the
only ones in existence. There
arc. perh APPS. tho portraits Of
more great men hung on
these walls. men who have made 4
name in National history. th1n any
other State can boast. Ihre are
original portraits Of Washington.
Madison. Monroe. TYLER. Harrison.
Marshall, jackson. johnson. the Lees
and host of others whose names
light mp many a page of history. The
old capital has been the scene Of much
that IS greatest in the history Of Vir-
ginia and the South. In the hall of
the House of Delegates the trial Of
Aaron Burr. the brilliant New Yorker,
was held. John Marshall being Tho
Judge. and the orratic Jphn Randolph
of Roanoke The foreman of the jury
Grouped irregularly around the his
torical Capitol square are the build
tngs once occupied by the various de-
parfmenis Of Tho Confederacy aud the
residences of tho members Of its
cabinet All Of them are now used
rs hotels. stores or prva'e residences.
with the exception Of the Presidents
mansion. which was purchased by
the Municipal Government and is used
rs public school ~ y CONNER
cial AdUeTttser
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LATER.

The Hon. jaw Hubbel is in tho field for
the republican nomination. to succeed
MoGatt in congress.
THE strike on the Reading railroad came
10 an end Monday. The men went 70 work
and the whe IS began to roll.
The Name Iona. Mich, Ova dis factory
was lOtally destroyed Y fire on the 9th.
Loss 5000, / ht insurance.
T Iowa Suprem urt decides that
iru gists ar not subject 20 the old permit
aw in regard TO the sal of liquors.
SEVEN business houses Oh their con-
tents were burned at Greeuvilie, Texas. on
The 21th. Loss, S9J,OOO; insurance, S65,OVO.
WI LASPHEAR l dead in the Mime
DO is post flee Sunday morning Will
aLnS or his all. 1t was hea dis use.
THE penitentia-y shoe hoF, Mich gan
ity, Int, W sdestro led by fire, loss Sl25,-
90. The fire occurred alter the convicts
we're locked up.
FROM - to 100 men employed in he
ind lie Minn., quarries, went on Ike
n the 9Th. and got in rot, DING
ny Law les ings-
FIFE at N Clerl nd. Pa, destroyed three
III lining resiuences on the 18th aud from
ne of them. ". b. Alton. TIE ow er was
nalle 10 esca e and as burned up.
The residence OF G. a Rensonhauser,
taar Claremont, Dak, was robbed on the
tn, of 81, ~ IN gold A young man who
al been II. his employ on steam threshers
suspected.
o spleen. murdered his wife and taelr six
"a drvn ana burned his bou with the
D dies, cut b own throat and was found
cad in a we'll
the present time St Paul, MINI, has
5 saloOns paying 20 annual license.
he Si,uO hlgn license becomes OPP Tative
anuary list, prOxtmo, aud It IS estimated
nat 30l saloons viii continue IN business.
GES. ADNA ANDERSON. second, Wee RS
ieut aud Oh Z ng ueer Of the Nuf tharn
acitc r. X. has ned to become ' ice-
| ? esi ent OF thu ufalO, Ro ster a. fltts
TX r. X, with hea Gu rters at RICHEST T
NY.
Oak. 20 iffsny and Br became 10 I
m "A lizard and TO days an a
| i ht 3efure q re ched Hbit q n being
hen so badly fr zen to be mos past
/ recognl ION.
SEvES Kentucky toughs undertook to
clean out !. saloon at Granger. > mi es from
Gown ton, he ause of bisiige for the bar
1 keeper. The barkeeper aud two I'm nds re-
| turned the fire of the assai ing party badly
wound ng four Of them.
AID ICES from Mass " ~ that King
John. OF Abyssinia, Is advancing up n th {
/ p ace BY rapi stages, he as under his
| c mmand hree bod - OF troops Tue frs
1 column Is marcnin a Antalo anu Algrab
the secon via Adowah. while toe r u : OF
the third co umn. watch s mp sed Il
Sd an is unkn WI.
OBJrcTIxs 20 the presence OF peace officers
at the cha-cOal pits at High Bridge. Wis,
I caused number of employees 70 attacS po-
/ lie man McPhaie, o Ashland, on the 9Th.
| The off7csr shot one man dead aud was him.
self beaten and kicked % Il l. believed be
1 must die Six OF the assaulting gang were
arrested aud taken 70 Ashland by a guard
! armed with Winchester rides.
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While crossing the Missouri river twenty
miles below Bismarck the other nigh a
family consist of Charles Whalen, his
wife and daughter, were drowned They
lost the road. and the horse passed so near a
large air-hole that the ice broke, and the
animal and persons were lost.
Annie Moore, a servant girl, whose lover
had turned his affections elsewhere,
drowned herself the other night at Daven-
port
The Land Department has decided the
contest case initiated by F. g. Small, of
Il rold. against J. W. Bell in favor of the
heirs Of Small Bell made fraudulent en-
try of o timber claim in the name OF his
father. J. W Bell, which was con .ested by
Small This fused a feud. and three years
ago Bell met Small on the prairie, Drained
him with a ha Chef dumped the body INTO
his buggy and buried it in a field The
body was found and Bell was taken from
the il and hung TO flag pole by delega-
ton of citz ms
A vein Of coal sixteen feet thick has been
found at Wnitewood twelve feet below the
race and seventy feet below another
vein more than three times as IN OK The
coal is said to be as good as any IN the
country.
refer Erle0iduAl, u VI lEIIdNAiAts AtAa
into an open cut while engaged in mining
near that place, caus ng instant death.
The school superintendent of sully County
gives notice that no will not issue certih-
cate to any person who uses alcoholic
drinks or narcotics HIS announcement
has created much discussion. and the super
intendent will be asked by what authority
he issues such proclamation
D atwood claims the distinction of hav-
ing an anti-fat society, the members Of
which abstain from eating anything that
will aGd to their corpulency.
The amount OF $50 was raised within
five minutes at Huron the other day TO
Iiquidate a delt Of the Presbyterian church
The smarck National and the Capital
National banks at Bismarck have CONSOLE
dated under the name Of the Capital Ma
tional Bank
A fine ledge of cfnnabar has been found
in the tin districts near Rapid City.
Bernard G. CaulfeId. who at one time
represented the First Illinois district IN
Congress. died N DeadwOod the other morn
ing. aged 50 years
The foundries Of Yankton are crowded
with work. something unusual at this sea
son of the year
A queen was crowned the ether night at
Old Fort Pierre. on the Sioux reservation, be
fore an interested crowd OF Indians many
Of whom travelled for miles to witness the
ceremony. Her royal hghness was pre-
scented with forty buffalo robes and two
horses
August Methisn, living near Scotland
was 4ugh5 n a corn grinding machine
recently anl killed
George Green. a noted ho-ss-shisf. was
hanged by V gilan1ss recsntly nsar PlsEn-
ing on.
The Dakota fax crop for 1887 Is esd
mated 70 he 3, 500, 600 bushels
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IONA.

J. J. Donahoe, on trial at Atlanta recently
for the murder of L wrence Dol n, a neigh
boring farmer, was found guilty of man
slaughter
number of money packages in the care
Of til United States Express disappeared at
Waterloo few days ago Toe amour I
was estimated at from $500 to 81 900 No
suspicion was attached to any express or
railroad employees
J. X. Wat rs, farm laborer near Dlven-
port, recently secured $40. 900 as his por-
ton of the estate left by his father, whom
he had not seen for fifty years.
Ira o King, of NJ son City, has accepted
the position of Deputy State Superln end
ent of Public Instruction and will enter
upon his du les J nuary l.
Nathan Sanders. OF Grlnnell, aged eighty
eight years, died tie other morning, and
his wife, aged eighty-four years. fol owed
him two days afterwards, both dying OF old
age. The old couple were pioneers there
and widely respected
Spencer Lee, aged seventy-one years,
committed suicide at Des Moines a few days
ago by shooting. Dependency from con-
tinued ill-health caused the act
At Sioux City the other day a numerously
signed protest was published declaring that
the presentation of canes to Arensdorfs
attorneys did not by any means represent
the business men of that city The citizens
of Marathon, POcahontas County hanged
John Arensdorf and Sheriff Mcdonald in
enigy and gave three groans for Kellogg
and the jury
DR. Thomas j. Jones, a druggist of
sevastopol; c. S Porter, a student in the
Des Mo mes ectric Medical College, and
an ignorant fellow named Pat hoff were
caught the other night in the act of robbng
the grave of Mrs Ciafi n. at Mitchellville.
Levy IL Guye, supposed to be cattle
dealer from Walnut committed suicide by
shoot ng himself through the mouth in a
room in a Chic go hotel few nights ago
Bowens drugstore, the office of the
Weekly Enterprise and several 0 her build
ings made 81 600 fire at New Sharon the
other day.
Mr.. and Mrs J. II. Gesner, of Jefferson,
celebrated their golden wedding a few
evenings ago.
Robert Brown, a coal-miner, fatally shot
John cholson. another miner. at Knox
vile juno ion a few days ago Brown was
arrested
The brewers Of Cedar Rapids have been
given until March l 10 dispose of the stocks
they have on hand. upon their promising
to close after that date
BY the collision of two construction trains
at Waterloo the other night reman Davis
was fatally and Engineer Caffeu slightly in
iured.
The dynamite bomb exploded at Mar
shalltown recently was to nd out the per-
petrators of practical jokes with bombs
filled with sawdust 1t was successful, the
jokers having confessed
At the recent Stale poultry show at Mr.
Rhalltown there were five hundred and fifty
entries and a fine display of flowers